Medical Tourism

Corey Perrine/Staff Patrons are seen silhouetted against a bridge leading to the second hotel tower during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.

Corey Perrine/Staff Tiffany Dennison, left, screens Deanna Hall of Kentucky Health One Louisville with an AngioScreen machine that measures vitals on plaque in arteries during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.

Corey Perrine/Staff Representatives from ProExport Columbia talk medical tourism with interested clients during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.

Corey Perrine/Staff Andre Alexandre Osmo (cq) of Hospital Sirio Libanes sleeps while a goup of women talk in the lobby area in-between presentation talks during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.

Corey Perrine/Staff Erin Williams of Chicago rides the escalator while reading an agenda program during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe. Williams came to represent her union, Unite Here Health. "Because of new healthcare reform, as an organization, it is thrown into turmoil because you have to meet government deadlines," Williams said.

Corey Perrine/Staff Dr. Paata Ratiani of MedTourGeorgia, from left, networks after lunch with Petya Vasseva, and George Vassev both of ADAPTA Ltd. Bulgaria during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.

Corey Perrine/Staff A medical tourism poster displays different magazine covers during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.

Corey Perrine/Staff Tomonori Itoman of Okinawa Prefecture shows off a traditional Japanese during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.

Corey Perrine/Staff Dressed to the nines in traditional Chilean clothing, Valeria Reyes of Santiago Salud passes out fliers during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.

Corey Perrine/Staff Brian Daniels, right, of Vision Vitals conducts an eye screening for Karen Pines of SIG Consulting during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.

Corey Perrine/Staff Entertainer Eddy Fernandez juggles on stilts during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.

Corey Perrine/Staff Fernanda Yanson, from left, Guillermo G. Prieto and German Corringoni, all of Fundacion Export.Ar, speak about to potential clients about medical tourism in Argentina during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.

Corey Perrine/Staff Dr. Aurora Estevez of NCH Healthcare System talks in the lobby area during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.

Corey Perrine/Staff Patrons mae their way to different lecture rooms during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.

Corey Perrine/Staff Speakers prepare to take stage before a talk entitled "Affiliations, Collaborations and Management of Overseas Hospitals," during the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla. Around 2,000 people involved in hospitals, medical insurance companies and consulting firms came to network and market from around the globe.